The irony is that this tunnel is part of bigger project, a fast north to south rail connection from Germany to Italy. But Germany nor Italy made any progress un

The irony is that this tunnel is part of bigger project, a fast north to south rail connection from Germany to Italy. But Germany nor Italy made any progress until today. Just north of the border the high speed trains have to slow down to 60km/h for about half an hour, because this part of the railway track is still from the sixties. The same on the south in Italy. And it doesn't look like this will ever change. Those railway projects don't have enough prestige for politicians.